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News organizations including BuzzFeed, The New York Times and The Washington Post have signed up to use Twitter's new product, Moments — Twitter unveils its own news digests, and some news orgs are participating — Twitter has always been a place to find out what's going on in the world, with a little help from the crowd.
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Twitter launches Moments, formerly Project Lightning, its event-based curation of tweets, videos, and images, on iOS, Android, and desktop web — Moments, the best of Twitter in an instant — When you open Twitter today you'll see something new: Moments, the best of what's happening on Twitter in an instant.
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Twitter releases editorial guidelines for Moments, stating rules to keep curators free from bias and conflicts of interest — Twitter Moments Have Their Own Set Of Guidelines and Principles — Along with the release of its new feature, Moments, Twitter shared a set of guidelines …
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Poynter


Reddit launches Upvoted, a standalone news site free of comments and voting; editorial team will curate and elaborate on content from Reddit — No comments allowed on Reddit's new news site ‘Upvoted’ — Reddit's got problems. It can be a hotbed of hostility and harassment—even for loyal users.
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Dow Jones to launch free mobile-only news app, will aggregate content from WSJ, Financial News, and The Times; will compete with Financial Times — WSJ owner takes battle to FT with City news app — Mobile service featuring financial stories from the Times and Wall Street Journal to be free at launch
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@jeffjarvis


NYT creates separate editorial group for production of print edition — Citing a desire to break free from the legacy of the print deadlines, The New York Times on Tuesday announced the creation of a centralized desk responsible for putting out the daily print edition.
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The New York Times Company, @ckrewson and @jayrosen_nyu


Major TV networks, including CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS, sign onto Global Safety Principles and Practices, a list of guidelines on safety for freelancers — Major TV networks sign onto freelancer safety compact — Several of America's major television news networks have joined a coalition …


Al Jazeera America staff vote in favor of unionization, 32 for, 5 against, will be represented by NewsGuild of New York — Al Jazeera America Digital Journalists Vote To Unionize — Another media company joins the wave of labor organizing.
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FishbowlNY, Guardian and Poynter


McClatchy's Jonathan Landay, known for critical coverage of the prelude to the Iraq war and CIA torture programs, is joining Reuters — McClatchy's Jonathan Landay Joining Reuters — Landay is known for his critical coverage of the case for war in Iraq.
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@aliwatkins and @mlcalderone


At Twitter, problems facing Jack Dorsey include user retention, online abuse — The Three Biggest Challenges Facing Jack Dorsey at Twitter — The new “permanent CEO” inherits a social network with stagnating growth, an arguably overpriced stock, and vitriolic content that's turning off some high-profile users.
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@karenmcgrane, Poynter, @adambain, Re/code and TechCrunch

Bauer Media diversifies with investment into Dabbl, a new e-commerce voucher product — Bauer scales local product nationwide with e-commerce voucher site — Bauer Media last week announced a new e-commerce platform, Dabbl, as part of its ongoing investment into digital products.


ESPN anchor says network pulling sponsored daily fantasy sports segments after accusations that fantasy sports firms' employees bet with inside information — ESPN pulling sponsored daily fantasy sports segments from programming — If you're sick of being bombarded by daily fantasy sports content …